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Farr.IIIrj C.i IT W km 1 A, - By r.'iXNEY T::.tr.::j ' Regional Infornv&Uon C!":.r, : j IV Resettlement ACzui:.' '.. " i North Carolina and the nation 1 - 1 from' the depression that there are - fcr 2a . of thousand of good farmer who are I z the wrong land. . ' Farming, until the depression, hai r : rally been recognized as, the one activity v.; as sured food and feed even if there . . years when no money was made and c -? years when money was lost. . But a m'ln c i farm . families on relief, 1 eluding At one time raore t - 27, ' 000 In '.North Ca rolina,, orought the stark real: atlon : that - agriculture, - V.'a ' all ' other endeavors, has a' cer- '. tain percentage of produc- . ing units working on a very narrow margin. When the depression came along, these marginal pro ducers dropped below the subsistence line, iavestiga- jtlon revealed, , however; that - liomer there were far. more f unda- mental reasons for a million farm families on relief than the fact that there was a decline In our national business activity.;" vyv vt-'': ' , , A great many of toe f arm families forced 1 on relief were found to be the victims of out- of -date farm practicei or they had settled Upon .lands not capable of yielding a decent stan dard of living. Other families bad overf armed or- overgrazed their lands. Some had allowed . their soil to deteriorate by failure to .adopt , adequate methods of soil conservation. The natural resources of lumber, mining and pll had been exhausted in other areas. - ;,(, , . . V , -.4-Ta' ' remanent Remedy , '."-"--f Realizing , the seriousness of the, problem. Sttzzfi. ! "" II '" I ' - i ' itt JZOQAi i If r-.C- ?'eside Roosevelt decided to sees; a perma 1 i if 4 nent remedy In an effort to help these people earn a subsistence and raise the standards of ' their home life. As result, the President ; established the Resettlement Administration, " naming as Its Administrator . Dr. Rexford a. Tugwell, the Under Secretary of Agriculture. - As one of his first administrative acts. Doc tor Tugwell divided the nation Into 11 regions, " grouping In each region. Insofar as possible, the states with similar resettlements problems. 1 North Carolina . Is In Region IV, and Raleigh: le the. headquarters for this region. - Other states In Region IV are Virginia; West Virginia, Ken ' tucky and Tennessee, . ' v ' , ' Homer H. B. Mask, Regional ." Director of Rural Resettlement, and James M. Gray, Re gional Director of Land Utilization, have charge of the -ore ,ln Region IV. : " Each Is a specialist in his ' particular field. , ! . . Resettlement ' means ex-1 , actly what It says. It to , concerned with the great , number ' of : - farm ' families ' now living at places and un-1 1 ' der circumstances not eon- duclve -to good community life or' where Improper use I is being made of land re-1 sources, and whose future success in agriculture - de- -' pends 'upon re-location. . . jr. M. Gray . - Resettlement work to to be done entirely with the consent and cooperation of the faml ' lies concerned.- In no case will a family be moved to another location without that family's voluntary consent of the plan. The great ma 1 , Jority of the families to be aided will be re settled, "in place," that is, in the community or &HBvCFtsr Jt A E n hi A 'ft'' ; 4- . . y KA6B H- 'iSX. - rv t : . . . ; n ' tt tt r.l -V - b Hall- 3 ' THE FIRST FLOOR . IN designing this houst, tlte v architect at-, tempted' to Jteep In -mln '. reiclreraenis cf the. average Carolina farin ?.fact!y. The plan calls for bed-room and! $h; en the first floor. 'This bed-room I accessible both: from the living-room and the ldtchenj tie thought being ' that the lady of "the -hbnae m!ht go quickly from . the kitchen through ' the bed room, tidy op bit and meet unexpected guests from the living room portion. the house.. This bed-room Is also situated so that the man o: the house may enter from the rear without disturbing guests. The bath-room ,1s ; neighborhood in which they are now living. I also accessible from the llvmg-room without A - few '. rural communities, such as Penderlea ' - , Homesteads near Wilmington, are also planned. Only farm families, or families with a farm background, will be aided. ' 4 ' i. . , Not A "Dole" ,". - - - ... Families aided by the Resettlement admin istration will be. expected to repay any money advanced for the purchase of farm lands, nec essary equipment anC subsistence, i The pro gram, therefore, cannot be considered a dole. , , In fact, its every endeavor Is directed toward keeping farm families from' the relief rolls, and in aiding them in making their own way. The chief objective of the Land Utilization , Division Is to find the proper use of land re- ' sources.- This division will seek to conserve , land and use It to the fullest publio advan tage; "to assist families now living on unpro ,' i ductlve land to sell out their poor holdings and move to a more profitable location and to aid local governments' by relieving them of the necessity of spending large sums, for roads, , schools and other public services In poor-land ' areas that do not eontriblute their fair share Of taxe8w:,.MA',f':''?,:f ';!; ei'S lf X The. assistance of many long established - governmental agencies will be required to do " this Job right. The Extension Service . of the ' United States Department of Agriculture, the Land Grant Colleges, and the Department of Vocatlonel Education are chief among .the agencies that will cooperate with the Resettle , , ' ment AdmlnlstratlonVln the areas where fami x lies are actually resettled the county farm and . home agents, and teachers of Vocational . : i ' culture and Home Economics are expected to render' valuable service to the rehabilitanta- going Into the bed-room. There Is als ari Am ple back pore1 from which much work can be done In the warm months. The kitchen has an adjoining storage pantry with outside ventila tion which 'Win prove useful In storing' vege tables and .canned goods. There is also a small breakfast , room ( adjoining the kitchen where the children way have an early breakfast be fore going to school .'":v' :-, ' .' ' ' Note also that there Is a traditional front porch of sufficient size: to accommodate the gatherings of friends and relatives on late aft ernoons and Sundays. The entrance to the second floor is from a small entrance-hall that permits access: to the second floor without passing through' any .other portion of " the house. ; .' :l ft'-f-t THE SECOND FLOOR f!:, The ; second floor contains two bed-rooms and a 1 bath with ample closet facilities. Note that the bath is directly .over the bath below which allows economical plumbing, roughing in, and - piping. Do not be perturbed by the fact that t!"ei9 scccn floor roc the roof, tecau3 t'.ere are r materials en tS.e ui-rlrt tirt sulate these rooms estLxsi Leit . The '.exterior -cf tis ' l.szzs 't 3 wood si-Ins. Cov.'evcr. . t". 5 i:-.: coulJ. le t: cr stccco. Tte 'ilz'l exrosure tct t ' 3 north v. :5: i pla;a t' : the sun, but at the sa j early sun in the bre:.:.:. i 1 always desirable.. v -:r TLSs house should be Y ' Unas tot approximately ; '. course upon the m&ter' 1 : t Working blue print? c t Hons may be : purchase 1 r . : tect care of The State r. . 1 North Carolina. : ' 1 t Should JlainttUn Trees - . . 1 Sovtr. Carolina's promising peach Industry, from which this year 1-D cars of V " quahtj fruit were shipped should be jr'vc 1 the nece""Ty treatment to maintain trs 3 in vl-'oro-. 3 err 1, says E. IL E-anl. : tpncn l.cii:-:f rLt, ur;'?3 peach grov. - - t- e - t" 'r t : 3 vory carefully at T'i . 1 b 1' ' 3.v."t"r or not they c 3 j i f-j r : c" ".:-a as a result cf 1 ; ' . I cclal fertilizer ren: 1- ; n";" '"7 ntle t V ' -' Austrian Peas Used ; As Ccvcr Crop Llchs -A Belter Ccltcn Crop " - By A. D. BRYAN ' H " Agricultural Editor, Clemson College . , With September comes Austrian pea plant lag time, and the experience of many South' Carolina farmers Illustrates the value of this winter legume : cover to make better cotton and other .crops,,-:i:V'';v:'-r:''iA'.;.s: One Kershaw County, South Carolina, farmer who has planted Austrian peas for four years says that it is one of the .best fertilizer-saving crops a farmer can use ancf that It has given him a 40 per cent: increase In cotton yields. "At a cost of per acre Including seed and labor I figure that I receive $10 to $15 li "-. return," he. states. ; :,;:vv'-'' .: An Anderson County, South Carolina, farmer who has had excellent results with Austrian peas has " en making a bale of cotton per acre without excessive, use ol commercial fer tilizer. Ills method of handling -Austrian peas as a cover crop Is lnterestlr.3 and i--4ructlve. He says: "I have been growing Austrian r!it-r pens on this land for two year3, fcVir ; (' i rc i each summer wUa cctti. l 1 r j r cf t":".:a f-eas to the cott. 1 'r..l " , 1 1:1 C .-.ber or early Oc' ' ; i i i en eld Cclj to f - J ' - ' " flats vMch Pi cir'. l : 1 1! t' i At"-t::,j rt. 3 r r f 3. ' : t 1 1 ; ' 7 ii rvn la tLa ccVJf 1 1 ' 1 t ; :"-v.cr so 1 t c t 1 . i li C j " "li s'reas'lnocv'itrl v:": r "1 f- a v: cr 'rlan f I: j ; - t - s v.l a v :,' r r... ' s-. " , . : v r . V4 C . i . ... . . . ... .1 .... . . p as to get some soil on each pea. They are then planted.. . ' 1 ' 1 "Late In the winter a stalk cutter Is run Over the stalks to get them down out of the way. ' Later when the weather and soil condi tions rwlll permit the old cotton roots are run out with a subsoil plow. This covers up some of the young peas but soon they are out and growing again. . s "About a week before time to "plant cotton the land is well diced with a tractor and har how and the Austrian pea vines cut In lit tle pieces. The land Is then t .:! In r the. usual way, fertilizer put In r i t' cotton I seed planted. This - year .1 ' U3j about S30 pounds of a home mixture analyzing 0-3-0 and did not use side dres&lnz.' RcrJclA: In the August report of its comptroller the Agricultural Adjustment Adminsltration ' re" pprted. that i durics the 1DC5 fiscal year ltNhad exrended a. to.l of t:07.r"3.131.47 frora avall atlj funs amounting to C :3.C2i,C"D.C3, thus cV-rrylng'a tal.s cf 1C2,4C3,CC3.13 forward into the current fiscal ,year. . 1 T1.9 errniiturcs ln.3 ' J f ::r!.2',.3.C12.C7 la rti.i:l 1 trpc't l y-.'i to f-f -9 n c" r eJJu :a:rrt c '1 l i .a c - '".'7 I t 1 1 1 cf r-;' : ) 11 c r ' 1 f -V ' r a (( ' ' a v i. 1 ' It Is Impossible to g:t U f c exhibition purposes, accr ' " " -animal husbandman at t offered the folio win 3 who intend to exhibit nt 1 Corn Is the principal I oats are not available or e . -they may be left out cf t" ? C Ready mixed horse an 1 1 used in the place" of tlie c the stockman may sweeUa with black strap molaiu: Peed the calves thrca f.-' will, eat more In . threa r Hegularlty In the time cf I portant.',v . Ctalls should be kept C bedded. , Tlcnty of frr x be' 8t hand. Gait shot.? 1 calves can rdch It pinch cf en't msy al"3 feed. , -.. . . " Traia t'. e c .I?c3 tD 1' " In a rt 1 f ..' -i r ? v " r t . C t ' .At ; i . r ; ; v ' 1 1 : c: a. r 11 i ' i ; c t 3 ( f r j c . r
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